The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-24
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGHOUT
NORTH CAROLINA.


for Its Basy Readers.
The Dan Valley Echo, Leaksville,
is for sale.
The State Grange will meet this
year at Tarboro, December 18th.
The State is using convicts to cut
canal through the swamps in Hyde
county.
Hon. A. M. Waddell has been in
vited to deliver the address at the
Siler City, Chatham County Fair
Tho.. Settle, Jr., is spoken of as a
probable candidate tor Attorney Gen
eral on the Republican side in 1888.
Evangelist Pearson is waking up
the sinners in Raleigh and his efforts
are being rewarded most gloriously.
Eleven prisoners escaped from the
Mecklenburg county Jail last We'd
nesday night, by cutting holes through
the brick work.
Rev. W. P. Williams, of Davidson
College, has been appointed State lee
turer for the Knights of Honor in
North Carolina.
Charlotte has forbidden the boys to
shoot fre-crackers on Xmas. What
a lonesome time those little Charlotte
boys will have.
Senator Vance has about recovered
from the wound received from falling
out Of his cart last week The wound
was slight one.
During the past year ninety eight
marriages have occurred in the good
old county OF Lincoln. Verify she
has cause for thanksgiving.
1t is rumored that Judge Walter
Clark will soon resign his seat on the
Superior Cour: bench on account of
the i'll health of his wife.
The youngest delegate to the Bap--
list Convention at Durham last week
was Miss Minnie Dixon Broughton Of
Raleigh. She is just 30 months old.
1t is expected that Rev Dr. ]. d.
Huff ham. one Of the most earnest and
valued Baptist preachers in the State
will accept q call to the church at
Goldsboro.
The SENTINEL IS very glad to hear
that Col. Rowland, the Farmer Con
gresham Is much improved in health.
de IS now in Baltimore under medi-
cal treatment.
At the close of Gov. Fitzhugh Lees
address at the Weldon Fair, the lead
er OF the old Confederates proposed
three cheers for General Fitzhugh
Lee, the next Vice President of the
United States
The Leader says, the Tomlinson
Manufacturing Company, of Arch
dale, Randolph county, made and
sold during October thirty five humid
red dollars worth of shoes and are still
away behind with their orders.
The Wilson Aduance compliments
Judge Shipp very much on his able
administration of affairs at court
last term. Wonder if the Advance
doesn't want to run him for Governor?
Ifso, put him in Brother Daniels, the
ring is still open.
In the classification sent out from
Washington of the political complex
ion Of the next House of Representa-
tives, Mr.. John Nichols, of Raleigh,
is put down with the Independents.
Ugh What blunder Johnny is
Rad, full blown, and belongs to the
Republican bench show.
There are thieves and thieves, but
about the most original theft the SEN
TlNEL has heard of lately was man
who put cannon bail and bottle of
molasses in a bale of cotton and then
carried it to Charlotte and sold it. 1t
was discovered just before the cotton
was put in the compress. Cannon
balls and molasses-well, what next
The booming town (excuse u.s.
city Of Durham to-day has just cause
for thanksgiving. Just about a year
ago it was almost burned out. Today
it stands rehabilitated, better off than
before. A Thanksgiving turkey as
big aa the Durham Bull could hardly
do the subject justice.
On last Wednesday, the 9th inst,
near Jessup's Mill, in the lower part
OF this county, large black bear was
caught in steel trap by Mr.. M. K.
Culbreth in Harrison's creek swamp.
The bear weighed over $50 lbs. He
was carried about ] mile above to the
mill and numbers went to see him.
Equal to circus.-FayetteuilIe Neacs.
Last week our Baptist brothers met
in Durham and the convention was
one of interest and profit. The officers
elected for the ensuing year are: Geo.
w. Blount, Esq, of Wilson, president;
f. P. Halyard, of Oxford and Rev. III.
A. Brown, of Winston, vice e-presi-
dents. The old secretaries, N. B.
Broughton, of Raleigh, and Rev. G.
w. Green, of Moravian Falls. were
re. elected.
Next month the directors of the
Agricultural Department will meet to
elect a director of the Experiment
Station. The SENTINEL knows both
the gentlemen who are spoken of for
that position Mr. T. d. Haigh, of
Fayetteville and Mr.. III. B. Battle, of
Raleigh, and knows them both to be
able, competent men. We do hope the
position will be given to a North Caro-
linian instead of to somebody from
another State. North Carolina has
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